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Those known to have suffered death in England for the Catholic Faith and for the primacy of the Roman Pontiff, from 1535 to 1681. There are over 600. Though they all died heroically, many led such retired and obscure lives that there is very little known about them, which has hindered even the introduction of their Cause for Canonization. Those who have been beatified, canonized, or declared venerable have separate articles. In a few cases nothing is known of the martyr except his name.
- Abbot, Austin (alias John Rivers), priest
- Abbot, Henry, Blessed
- Abbot, John, layman, 1597
- Abel, Thomas, Blessed
- Ackridge, John, priest, 1585
- Ackridge, Thomas, Franciscan, 1583
- Adams, John, Venerable
- Adams, Richard, priest
- Ailworth (Aylword) William, layman, 1580
- Aldham (Adelham), Placid, Benedictine, 1679
- Alfield, Thomas, Blessed
- Allen, John, priest, 1538
- Allison, William, priest, 1681
- Almond, John, Saint
- Almond, John, Cistercian, 1585
- Amias, John, Blessed
- Anderton, Robert, Blessed
- Andleby, William, Blessed
- Arden, Edward, layman, 1584
- Arrowsmith, Edmund, Saint
- Arrowsmith, Thurstan, layman, 1583
- Ash, Anthony, layman
- Ashby (Asleby), George, monk, 1537
- Ashby, Thomas, Venerable
- Ashley, Ralph, Blessed
- Ashton, Roger, Venerable
- Aske, Robert, layman, 1537
- Atkins, William, Jesuit, 1681
- Atkinson, James, layman, 1595
- Atkinson, Nicholas, priest, 1610
- Atkinson, Thomas, Blessed
- Bailey, Lawrence, Venerable
- Baldwin (Bawden), William, priest, 1588
- Bales, Christopher, Blessed
- Bales, Alexander, layman
- Bamber, Edward, Blessed
- Bannersley, William, priest
- Barkworth, Mark, Blessed
- Barlow, Ambrose Edward, Saint
- Barnes, Ralph, monk, 1537
- Barrow, William
- Barton, Elizabeth, Benedictine nun
- Battie, Anthony, Venerable
- Bayle, Ralph, bishop, 1559
- Beche, John, Blessed
- Bedal, Thomas, priest, 1568 to 1590
- Bedingfeld, Thomas, Venerable
- Beesley, George, Blessed
- Belohiam, Thomas, Venerable, O.F.M., 1537 to 1538
- Bell, Arthur, Blessed
- Bell, James, Blessed
- Belser, Thomas, priest
- Belson, Thomas, Venerable, layman, 1589
- Bentney (alias Bennet), William, Jesuit, 1692
- Bere, Richard, Blessed
- Berisford, Humphrey, layman, 1588
- Bickerdyke, Robert, Venerable, layman, 1595
- Bigod, Sir Francis, 1537
- Bird, James, Blessed
- Bird, Robert, priest, 1540
- Bird, William, priest, 1540
- Birkett, Richard, priest, 1680
- Bishop, Thomas, layman, 1569 to 1570
- Blackburne, William, priest, 1586
- Blake, Alexander, Venerable, layman, 1590
- Blenkinsop, Thomas, layman, 1593
- Blonham, Laurence, monk, 1537
- Blount, Thomas, priest, 1647
- Bocking, Edward, Benedictine, 1537
- Bodey, John, Blessed
- Bolbet, Richard, layman, 1589
- Bonner, Edmund, bishop, 1569
- Bosgrave, Thomas, Blessed
- Boste, John, Saint
- Bourne, Gilbert, bishop, 1569
- Bowes, Marmaduke, Venerable, layman, 1585
- Bowes, Richard, priest, 1590
- Boxall, John, priest, 1571
- Bradley, Richard, Jesuit, 1645
- Branton, Stephen, layman, 1591
- Brazier (Grimes), Matthew, Jesuit, 1650
- Bredstock, William, layman, 1590
- Briant, Alexander, Saint
- Brindholme, Edmund, Venerable, priest, 1540-1544
- Britton, John, Venerable, layman, 1598
- Brookby, Anthony, Venerable, O.F.M., 1537-1538
- Brown, James, Benedictine, 1640-1651
- Brown, William, Venerable, layman, 1604
- Browne, Humphrey, Jesuit
- Brownel, Thomas, Brigittine lay brother
- Brushford, James, priest, 1593
- Buckley, John, Saint
- Budge, Lucy, lay person, 1587-1588
- Bullaker, Thomas, Blessed
- Burden, Edward, Venerable, priest, 1538
- Burraby, William, priest, 1537
- Buxton, Christopher, Venerable, priest, died in Canterbury, 1588
- Cadwallador, Roger, Blessed
- Campion, Edmund, Saint
- Cannon, Edmund, priest, 1640-1651
- Cansfield, Brian, Venerable, Jesuit, 1643
- Carew, Sir Nicholas, 1538
- Carey, John, Blessed
- Carter, William, Blessed
- Catheriok, Edmund, Venerable, priest, 1642
- Chalmar, John
- Chalmer, Isabel, lay person
- Chaplain, William, lay man, 1584
- Chedsey, William, priest, 1561
- Claxton (Clarkson), James, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Clayton, James, priest, 1588
- Clitherow, Margaret, Saint
- Cockerell, James, prior of Guisborough, 1537
- Coe, William, monk, 1537
- Cole, Henry, priest, 1579-1580
- Coleman, Edward, Blessed
- Coleman, Walter, Franciscan, 1645
- Collier, Laurence, Franciscan, 1590
- Collins, John, priest, 1584
- Comberford, Henry, priest, 1584
- Constable, Benedict, Benedictine, 1683
- Constable, John, died York gaol, 1581
- Constable, Robert, lay man, 1537
- Cook, Lawrence, O.Carm, prior of Doncaster, 1540
- Cooper, John, lay man, 1580
- Coppinger, Richard, Benedictine, 1558
- Corbie, Ralph, Venerable, Jesuit, 1644
- Cornelius, John, Blessed
- Cort, Thomas, Venerable, Franciscan, 1537-1538
- Cosen, Thomas, lay man, 1589
- Cotesmore, Thomas, priest, 1584
- Cottam, Thomas, Blessed
- Coudres, Martin, Augustinian, 1544
- Courtney, Henry, Marquess of Exeter, 1538
- Cowling (Collins), Ralph, lay man, 1587
- Cowper, William, monk, 1537
- Cox, Robert, Benedictine, 1650
- Creagh, Richard, archbishop of Armagh, 1585
- Crockett, Ralph, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Croft, George, priest, 1538
- Crowe, Alexander, Venerable, priest, 1587
- Crowther, Thomas, priest, 1585
- Cubley, Sandra, lay person
- Dalby, Robert, Blessed
- Darcy, Thomas, Lord, 1537
- Davies, William, Venerable, priest, 1594
- Davy, John, Blessed
- Dean, William, Blessed
- Deeg, William, lay man, 1588
- Dering, John, Benedictine, 1537
- Dibdale, Richard (Robert), priest, 1586
- Dicconson, Francis, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Dicconson, Roger, Venerable, priest, 1591
- Digby, Simon, lay man, 1569-1570
- Dimock, Robert, lay man, 1580
- Dingley, Sir Thomas, Venerable, Knight of Saint John, 1539
- Dixon, Christopher, Augustinian, 1616
- Douglas, George, Blessed
- Dowdall, James, Venerable, lay man, 1599
- Draycott, Anthony, priest, 1570
- Drury, Robert, Blessed
- Duckett, James, Blessed
- Duckett, John, Blessed
- Duke, Edmund, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Dutton, Hugh, lay man, 1585-1590
- Dyer, Thomas, Benedictine, c.1618-1630
- Dymoke, Robert, lay man, 1580
- Eastgate, John, monk, 1537
- Eastgate, Richard, monk, 1537
- Edmonds, Robert, Benedictine, 1615
- Edwardes (alias Campion), Edward, priest, 1588
- Eldersha, John, lay man, 1585-1595
- Ellis, Edward, lay man, 1589
- Empringham, Gabriel, lay man, 1586
- Empson, Thomas, Benedictine, 1540
- Errington, George, Venerable, lay man, 1595
- Evans, Philip, Venerable, Jesuit, 1679
- Exmew, William, Blessed
- Eynon, John, Blessed
- Faringdon, Hugh, Blessed
- Feckenham, John, Benedictine, abbot of Westminster, 1585
- Felton, John, Blessed
- Felton, Thomas, Venerable, Franciscan, 1588
- Fenn, James, Blessed
- Fenwick, John, Blessed
- Fetherstone, Richard, Blessed
- Filby, William, Blessed
- Filcock, Roger, Blessed
- Finch, John, Blessed
- Finglow, John, Venerable, priest, 1586
- Fisher, John, Saint
- Fitzherbert, John, lay man, 1590
- Fitzherbert, Sir Thomas, lay man, 1591
- Flathers, Matthew, Venerable, priest, 1607
- Fletcher, Bernard, lay man, 1537
- Ford, Thomas, Blessed
- Forest, John, Blessed
- Fortescue, Adrian, Blessed
- Foster, Isabel, lay person, 1587
- Foster (Forster), Thomas, Jesuit, 1648
- Foster, Ursula, lay person, 1590
- Francis, John, monk, 1537
- Freeman, William, Venerable, priest, 1595
- Frier, John, layman, 1563
- Fryer, Andrew (alias Herne or Richmond), priest, 1640-1651
- Fugatio, Anthony, lay man
- Fuister, Agnes, lay person
- Fulthering, John, Venerable, lay man, 1604
- Fulthorpe, John, lay man, 1569-1570
- Fulthrop, Edward, Blessed
- Gabyt, Thomas, Cistercian, 1575
- Gardiner, German, Blessed
- Garlick, Nicholas, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Garnet, Henry, Jesuit, 1606
- Garnet, Thomas, Saint
- Gavan, John, Blessed
- Genning, Darby, layman, 1544
- Genings, Edmund, Saint
- George ab Alba Rosa, Augustinian
- Gerard, James, priest
- Gerard, John, priest, Jesuit, 1637
- Gerard, Miles, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Gerard, Richard, layman, 1680
- Gervase, George, Blessed
- Gibson, William, Venerable, layman, 1595
- Glynne, layman, 1591
- Gold, Henry, priest, 1537
- Gonson (Genson, Gunson), Sir David, Venerable, 1541
- Goodman, John, Venerable, priest, 1645
- Green, -, layman, 1589
- Green, Hugh, Blessed
- Green, Robert, layman, 1679
- Green, Thomas, Blessed
- Greenwood, William, Blessed
- Grene, Nicholas, priest, 1571
- Gretus, -, priest
- Griffith, John, Saint
- Griffith, William, layman, 1587
- Grimston, Ralph, layman, 1598
- Grissold, Robert, Venerable, layman, 1604
- Grove, John, Blessed
- Gunter, William, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Gwynne, David, layman, 1590
- Gylham, William, monk, 1537
- Hackshot, Thomas, Venerable, layman, 1601
- Hale, John, Blessed
- Hall, John, layman, 1569-1570
- Hambledon, William, priest, 1585
- Hambley, John, Venerable, priest, 1587
- Hammerton, Sir Stephen, 1537
- Hammond (alias Jackson), John, layman, 1642
- Hanse, Everard, Blessed
- Harcourt, William, Jesuit, 1679
- Hardesty, Robert, Venerable, layman, 1589
- Harpsfield, Nicholas, priest, 1575
- Harrington, William, Blessed
- Harrison, James, Venerable, priest, 1602
- Harrison, John (alias Symons), Venerable, layman, 1538
- Harrison, John, priest, 1586
- Harrison, Mathias, layman, 1599
- Harrison, Richard, abbot of Jervaulx, 1537
- Harrison, William, priest, 1594
- Hart, Richard, layman
- Hart, William, Blessed
- Hartley, William, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Harwood, Thomas, priest, 1586
- Hatton, Richard, priest, 1583-84
- Haydock, George, Blessed
- Haydock, William, monk, 1537
- Heath, Hebry, Venerable, Franciscan, 1643
- Heath, Nicholas, prior of Lenton, 1537
- Heath, Nicholas, archbishop of York, 1578
- Heath, William, layman, 1590
- Hemerford, Thomas, Venerable, priest, 1584
- Hemsworth, Stephen, 1585
- Henmarsh, John, priest, 1537
- Heron, Giles, layman, 1540
- Hesketh, Ildephonse (William Hanson), Benedictine, 1644
- Hewitt, John, Blessed
- Hill, Lawrence, layman, 1679
- Hill, Richard, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Hobbes, Robert, abbot of Woburn, 1537
- Hocknell, Richard, layman
- Hodgson, Sidney, Blessed
- Hogg, John, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Holford, Thomas, priest, 1588
- Holliday, Richard, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Holland, Hugh, layman, 1538
- Holland, Robert, layman, 1586
- Holland, Thomas, Blessed
- Holmes, Germain
- Holmes, Robert, priest, 1584
- Horne, William, Blessed
- Horner, Nicholas, Venerable, layman, 1590
- Horner, Richard, Venerable, priest, 1598
- Horsley, Thomas, layman, 1677
- Houghton, John, Saint
- Howard, Philip, Earl of Arundel, Venerable, c 1595
- Howard, William, Blessed
- Hudd, John, Jesuit
- Huddeswell, George, layman, 1537
- Humphrey, Laurence, layman, 1593
- Hunt, Eleanor, lay person, 1600
- Hunt, Thomas, Blessed
- Hunt, Thurstan, Venerable, priest, 1601
- Hurst, Richard, Venerable, layman, 1628
- Hussey, John Lord, 1537
- Hutton, Mary, lay person, 1587
- Ingleby, Francis, Venerable, priest, 1586
- Ingram, John, Blessed
- Ireland, John, Blessed
- Ireland, William, Blessed
- James, Edward, Venerable, priest, 1588
- James, Roger, Benedictine, 1539
- Jenkinson, Henry, monk, 1537
- Jennings, Edmund, Saint
- Jennison, Thomas, Jesuit, 1679
- Jessop, John, layman, 1588
- Jetter, John, priest, 1585
- Johnson, Agnes, lay person, 1561
- Johnson, Lawrence, Blessed
- Johnson, Robert, Blessed
- Johnson, Thomas, Blessed
- Jones, Edward, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Kemble, John, Saint
- Kempe, Boniface (Kipton, Francis), 1644
- Kemys (Kemeys) , David Joseph, O.P., 1679-1680
- Kendal, Thomas, priest, 1537
- Kirby, Luke, Saint
- Kirkman, Richard, Blessed
- Kitchin (Kitchen), Richard, layman, 1588
- Knight, William, Venerable, layman, 1595
- Knowles, William, layman, 1587
- Laburne, James, layman, 1583
- Lacey, Brian, Blessed
- Lacey, Richard, Jesuit, 1680
- Lacy, William, Blessed
- Lambton, Joseph, Venerable, priest, 1593
- Lampley, William, Venerable, layman, 1538
- Lander, Anne, lay person, 1589
- Lander, John, layman, 1590
- Langhorne, Richard, Venerable, layman, 1679
- Langley, Richard, Blessed
- Larke, John, Blessed
- Lawrence, Robert, Blessed
- Lawson, Peter, layman, 1586
- Layne, Thomas, layman, 1579
- Laynton, Richard, monk, 1537
- Leeche, Robert, layman, 1537
- Leigh, Richard, Blessed
- Letter, John
- Levison, Francis, Venerable, Franciscan, 1679
- Lewis, David, Venerable, Jesuit, 1679
- Line, Anne, Saint
- Lingon, -, widow
- Lion, John, Venerable, layman, 1599
- Lloyd, John, Saint
- Lloyd, Richard, Blessed
- Lloyd, William, priest, 1679
- Lockwood, John, Blessed
- Lomax, James, priest, 1584
- Lomley, George, layman, 1537
- Londale, Hugh, monk, 1537
- Lowe, John, Venerable, priest, 1586
- Lowe, Philippa, 1588
- Ludlam, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Luke, Thomas, layman
- Lynch, Thomas, layman, 1590
- Mabbs, Laurence, Benedictine, 1641
- Mackerel, Matthew, Ord. Priem., bishop of Chalcedon, 1537
- Mahoney, Charles, Venerable
- Mallet, James, priest, 1537
- Marsden, William, Blessed
- Martin, Richard, Blessed
- Martin, Roger, priest, 1592
- Mason, John, Blessed
- Masters, Richard, priest, 1537
- Mawson, John, layman, 1614
- Maxfield, Thomas, Venerable, priest, 1616
- Maxfield, William, layman
- Mayne, Cuthbert, Saint
- Metham, Sir Thomas, 1573
- Metham, Thomas, Jesuit, 1592
- Mico, Edward, Venerable, Jesuit, 1678
- Middlemore, Humphrey, Blessed
- Middleton, Anthony, Venerable, priest, 1590
- Middleton, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1601
- Middleton, William (alias Heathcote), Benedictine, 1644
- Milner, Ralph, Venerable, layman, 1591
- Molineux, John, layman, 1581
- Molineux, Thomas, Jesuit, 1681
- Morecock, layman, 1591
- Moor, Hugh, Venerable, layman, 1588
- More, Thomas, Saint
- Morgan, Edward, Venerable, priest, 1642
- Morse, Henry, Saint
- Morton, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Moyne, Thomas
- Mudde, Thomas, Cistercian, 1583
- Munden, John, Blessed
- Napper, George, Blessed
- Neeve, Roger, layman, 1537
- Nelson, John, Blessed
- Nevil, Francis, Venerable, Jesuit, 1679
- Neville, Sir Edward, layman, 1538
- Newdigate, Sebastian, Blessed
- Newport, Richard, Venerable, priest, 1612
- Nichols, George, Venerable, priest, 1589
- Norton, Christopher, layman, 1569-1570
- Norton, John, Venerable, layman, 1600
- Norton, Thomas, layman, 1569-1570
- Nutter, John, Blessed
- Nutter, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1600
- Oglethorpe, Owen, bishop, 1559
- Oldcorne, Alice, lay person
- Oldcorne, Edward, Blessed
- Osbaldeston, Edward
- Owen, Nicholas, Saint
- Page, Antony, Blessed
- Page, Francis, Blessed
- Palasor, Thomas, Blessed
- Paslew, John, abbot of Whatley, 1537
- Pate, Richard, bishop, 1565
- Patenson, William, Blessed
- Paulin, Alice, lay person
- Paul of Saint William, Augustinian, 1544
- Payne, John, Saint
- Pearson, John, priest
- Penketh, John, Jesuit
- Pennyman, Robert, layman, 1569-1570
- Percy, Henry, Earl of Northumberland, 1585
- Percy, Thomas, Blessed
- Percy, Sir Thomas, 1537
- Peterson, William, priest, 1540
- Peto, Placid, Benedictine, 1642-1643
- Petre, William, Lord layman, 1684
- Philpot, Clement, Venerable, layman, 1540
- Pibush, John, Blessed
- Pickering, John, Benedictine, prior of York, 1537
- Pickering, John, priest, 1537
- Pickering, Thomas, Venerable, Benedictine, 1679
- Pierson, Walter, Venerable, Carthusian, 1537
- Pike, William, Venerable, layman, 1591
- Pilchard, Thomas, Venerable, priest, 1587
- Plasden, Polydore, Venerable, priest, 1591
- Plessington, William, Venerable, priest, 1679
- Plumtree, Thomas, Blessed
- Pole, Edward, priest, 1585
- Pole, Henry, Lord Montague, 1538
- Pole, Margaret, Saint
- Poole, David, bishop, 1568
- Pormort, Thomas, Blessed
- Postgate, Nicholas, Venerable, priest, 1679
- Powel, Philip, Venerable, Benedictine, 1646
- Powell, Edward, Blessed
- Prescott, Cuthbert, Jesuit
- Preston, Thomas (alias Roger Widdrington), Benedictine, 1640
- Price, Ignatius, Jesuit
- Prichard, Humphrey, Venerable, layman, 1589
- Pritchard, Charles, Jesuit
- Quashet, Francis, priest, 1642
- Rawlins, Alexander, Venerable, priest, 1595
- Rede, Thomas
- Redforlh, Thomas, priest, 1537
- Redyng, Thomas, Blessed
- Reynold, layman
- Reynolds, Richard, Blessed
- Rich, Hugh, O.S.F., 1534
- Richardson, William, Blessed
- Richardson, William, priest, 1540
- Ridall, Thomas, priest
- Rigby, John, Saint
- Risby, Richard, O.S.F., 1534
- Roberts, John, Saint
- Robinson, Christopher, Blessed
- Robinson, John, Blessed
- Robinson, -, layman
- Roche, John, Blessed
- Rochester, John, Blessed
- Roe, Alban Bartholomew, Saint
- Rookwood, Edmund, layman
- Rowsham, Stephen, Venerable, priest, 1587
- Rugg, John, Blessed
- Salmon, Patrick, Blessed
- Salt, Robert, Blessed
- Sandys, John, Venerable, priest, 1586
- Scot, William, Venerable, Benedictine, 1612
- Scott, Montford, Venerable, priest, 1591
- Scryven, Thomas, Blessed
- Sedbar, Adam, abbot of Jervaulx, 1537
- Sedgwick, Thomas, priest, 1573
- Sergeant, Richard, Venerable, priest, 1586
- Sexton, Edmund, layman
- Shelley, Edward, Blessed
- Shelley, Richard, layman, 1585-1586
- Sherson, Martin, priest, 1587
- Shert, John, Blessed
- Sherwin, Ralph, Blessed
- Sherwood, Thomas, Blessed
- Simeon, Francis, Jesuit
- Singleton, Robert, priest, 1543-1544
- Slade, John, Blessed
- Slythurst, Thomas, priest, 1560
- Snow, Peter, Venerable, priest, 1598
- Somers, Thomas, Blessed
- Somerset, Thomas, layman, 1587
- Sotheby, Robert, layman, 1537
- Southerne, William, Blessed
- Southwell, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1595
- Southworth, John, Saint
- Speed, John, Blessed
- Spencer, Francis
- Spenser, Richard, layman
- Spenser, William, Venerable, priest, 1589
- Sprott, Thomas, Venerable, priest, 1600
- Stable, John, layman
- Stable, Margaret, lay person
- Stephenson, Geoffrey, layman
- Stone, John, Saint
- Stonnes, James, priest, 1585
- Story, John, Blessed
- Stransham, Edward, Blessed
- Sugar, John, Venerable, priest, 1604
- Sutton, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1587
- Swale, William, monk, 1537
- Swallowell, George, Blessed
- Swarbrick, James, priest
- Sykes, Edmund, Venerable, priest, 1587
- Sympson, Robert (Richard), Venerable, priest, 1588
- Talbot, John, Venerable, layman, 1600
- Taylor, Hugh, Blessed
- Tempest, Nicholas, layman, 1537
- Tenant, John, monk, 1537
- Thimelby, Gabriel, priest, 1587
- Thirkeld, Richard, Blessed
- Thirlby, Thomas, bishop, 1570
- Thompson, James, Blessed
- Thompson, John, Jesuit
- Thomson, William, Venerable, priest, 1586
- Thorne, John, Blessed
- Thorpe, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1591
- Thulis, John, Venerable, priest, 1616
- Thursley, Charles, Jesuit
- Thwing, Edward, Venerable, priest, 1600
- Thwing, Thomas, Venerable, priest, 1679
- Thyrsk, William, Cistercian, 1537
- Tichborne, Nicholas, Venerable, layman, 1601
- Tichborne, Thomas, Venerable, priest, 1602
- Tichbourne, Peter, layman
- Trafford, William, abbot of Sawley, 1537
- Travers, John. Venerable, O.S.A., 1539
- Travers, William, layman, 1584
- Tremaine, layman
- Trotter, Philip, layman, 1537
- Tunstall, Cuthbert, bishop, 1559
- Tunstall, Cuthbert, Venerable, priest, 1616
- Tunstall, Thomas, Venerable, priest, 1616
- Turberville, James, bishop, 1570
- Turner, Anthony, Blessed
- Turner, Edward, Jesuit, 1681
- Tyrrwhit, Robert
- Vaughan, Thomas, priest
- Vaux, Lawrence, priest, 1585
- Vavasour, Dorothy, lay person
- Vavasour, Thomas, layman, 1585
- Vyse, Edmund, layman
- Vyse, Jane, lay person
- Wade, Richard, monk, 1537
- Waire, Friar, Venerable, Franciscan, 1539
- Wakeman, Roger, priest, 1584
- Waldegrave, Sir Edward, 1561
- Wall, John, Saint
- Walpole, Henry, Saint
- Walworth, James, Blessed
- Warcop, Thomas, Blessed
- Ward, Margaret, Venerable, lay person, 1588
- Ward, William, Saint
- Waterson, Edward, Blessed
- Watkinson, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1602
- Watkinson, Thomas, Venerable, layman, 1591
- Watson, Christopher, layman
- Watson, Thomas, bishop of Lincoln, 1584
- Way (alias May, or Flower), William, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Webley, Henry, Venerable, layman, 1588
- Webley, Thomas, Venerable, layman, 1585
- Webster, Augustine, Saint
- Webster, Frances, lay person
- Webster, Margaret, lay person
- Welbourne, Hercules, layman
- Welbourne, Thomas, Venerable, layman, 1605
- Wells, lay person, 1602
- Wells, Swithin, Venerable, priest, 1591
- Weston, Richard, Jesuit
- Wharton, Christopher, Venerable, priest, 1600
- Whitaker, Thomas, Blessed
- Whitbread, Thomas, Venerable, Jesuit, 1679
- White, Eustace, Venerable, priest, 1591
- White, John, bishop, 1560
- White, Richard, Venerable, layman, 1584
- Whitehead, Sister Isabel, Benedictine
- Whiting, Richard, Blessed
- Widmerpool, Robert, Venerable, layman, 1588
- Wilcox, Robert, Venerable, priest, 1588
- Wilford, Boniface, Benedictine
- Wilkes, Edward, priest, 1642
- Wilkinson, Oswald, layman, 1569-1570
- Williams, Richard, Venerable, priest, 1592
- Williamson, Alice, lay person
- Wood, Thomas, priest, 1588
- Woodcock, John, Venerable, Franciscan, 1646
- Woodfen, Nicholas, Venerable, priest, 1586
- Woodhouse, Thomas, Blessed
- Wrenno, Roger, Venerable, layman, 1616
- Wright, Peter, Blessed
- Yaxley, Richard, Venerable, priest, 1589
- Young, John, priest
MLA Citation
- “English Martyrs”. New Catholic Dictionary. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 May 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>